Installing on Debian / Ubuntu Linux

Introduction

AfterLogic WebMail Lite can be automatically installed and configured on Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux or any compatible Linux distribution.

It was tested on: Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Debian 8, Debian 9. It should also work on Linux Mint as well as other compatible flavors of Linux, as long as those provide the following dependencies: Apache 2, PHP 5.3+ or 7.*, MySQL 5+.

In case if any components are not detected on the system, they will be automatically deployed from OS repository as dependencies.

Configuring repository access

To have the product installed, add one of the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list file, depending on the operating system you currently run:

For Ubuntu 14.04, Debian 8:

deb http://apt.afterlogic.com/oldstable /

For Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Debian 9:

deb http://apt.afterlogic.com/stable /

If you're using a testing, unstable or derivative release and unsure which repository to use, try stable first. Configuring access to a non-matching repository will NOT break your system, the package simply will not be installed as dependencies won't be met, so just try the other repository.

All the commands mentioned below must be run with superuser privileges. If you’re logged in as regular user, use su command on Debian or sudo su on Ubuntu to get full privileges. In case of Ubuntu, you can add sudo in front of a single command to get superuser privileges temporarily.

Install public PGP key using the following command:

wget -qO - http://apt.afterlogic.com/afterlogic.asc | apt-key add -

Update APT cache with:

apt update

Installing the package

To install the product package, run the following command:

apt install afterlogic-lite-7

Once WebMail is installed, it can be accessed at http://yourdomain.com/afterlogic/ address, or http://localhost/afterlogic/ for local access.

You can log into AdminPanel interface at http://yourdomain.com/afterlogic/adminpanel/ using default credentials mailadm/12345.

The product itself resides under /usr/share/afterlogic directory.

Upgrading the product installation

The product is upgraded in the standard way using APT repository. If you wish to check whether there are updates for any of the packages you have installed, run the following:

apt update
apt upgrade

If new version is available, it will be installed, preserving the product configuration and any plugins you may have installed.

Uninstalling WebMail

To uninstall WebMail Lite completely, run:

apt purge afterlogic-lite-7

Compatibility

Please bear in mind that current package build is entirely incompatible with the previous installer-only setup. Upgrading is not supported, you need to remove the product and then remove the installer itself:

afterlogic remove
apt-get purge afterlogic-webmail

and then install the current package.

Feedback

Please keep in mind that this distribution method is still experimental. If you encounter any issues, feel free to post reports at the forum topic.